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Hanson, Jessica; Maxwell, Jeffrey; Mulder, Monika – ORTESOL Journal, 2015
Intensive English language programs (IEPs) at American universities have the task of recruiting, retaining, and preparing international students for mainstream classes. In order to achieve these tasks, many programs have explored using supplemental instruction (SI) in the form of learning centers (LCs) to support their students. In this study, we…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Foreign Students, Language Proficiency
Cadieux Bolden, Danielle; Hurt, June W.; Richardson, Mary Kathleen – i.e.: inquiry in education, 2017
This collaborative action research project was conducted in a second-grade classroom to determine the impact that digital web-based tools would have in helping a school media coordinator scaffold her students' understanding of productive versus nonproductive questions. The digital tools Kahoot, Quizizz, and Socrative were used by the students to…
Descriptors: Action Research, Questioning Techniques, Learning Resources Centers, Media Specialists
Rontu, Heidi; Tuomi, Ulla-Kristiina – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2015
Language centres in higher education are facing new challenges as they plan curricula for an increasingly diverse student body and undertake new tasks in support of the multiform internationalisation of universities. Continuing professional development clearly needs to be taken to a new level, and one way of doing this is to include research in a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Resources Centers, Teacher Researchers, Higher Education
Bisset, Mariana; Gödeke, Barbara – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2015
The Language Centre at the University of Padova provides language courses for students of all disciplines and with a wide range of needs. Over the years, the number of students having to deal with a language requirement has increased exponentially, while the teaching personnel and general resources have struggled to keep up. Catering to all of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Academic Advising, Second Language Learning
Chateau, Anne; Bailly, Sophie – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2013
Since CercleS was created in 1990, language resource centres, or language centres, have offered learners various means to improve their language skills. They are often places where new pedagogical approaches and innovative learning environments are proposed (Rivens Mompean 2011). As the names of some of the associations belonging to CercleS…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Learning Resources Centers, Language Skills
Holton, Barbara; Hardesty, Laura; O'Shea, Patricia – National Center for Education Statistics, 2008
This report presents tabulations for the 2006 Academic Libraries Survey (ALS) conducted by the United States Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), within the Institute of Education Sciences. An academic library is defined as an entity in a postsecondary institution that provides all of the following: An…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Needs, Academic Libraries, Surveys
Kentucky State Dept. of Education, Frankfort. Div. of Instructional Services. – 1979
Merit ratings for school media programs that exceed state requirements in Kentucky are explored. Standards for administrative support, facilities, resources, personnel, and programs are provided as well as procedures for conducting a self-study prior to an on-site visit. The self-study instrument which is the major part of the document covers such…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Centers, Educational Resources, Facility Inventory, Learning Resources Centers
District of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, DC. Div. of Quality Assurance. – 1985
The purpose of the School Library Resources Program was to provide direct support to local public and non-public schools in their efforts to develop and maintain high quality library and media resources as an adjunct to their instructional program. There were two major emphases in the 3-year old program during the 1984-85 year. The first was to…
Descriptors: Educational Resources, Elementary Secondary Education, Input Output Analysis, Instructional Films
Hawaii State Dept. of Education, Honolulu. Office of Instructional Services. – 1981
Intended for use by schools in studying their library programs and services, this needs assessment packet is designed to serve as an instrument for determining what exists as a program of services and to assist in setting direction for planned growth of an effective library program. The philosophy and services quoted in the document were derived…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers, Library Planning, Library Services
Staples, E. Susan – 1981
A study conducted to assess the needs for inservice experiences as perceived by learning resources specialists employed in Texas public schools asked a random sample of 313 practitioners to rate a comprehensive list of competencies in educational technology and library science as being of value in the performance of their jobs, and to evaluate…
Descriptors: Educational Resources, Learning Resources Centers, Librarians, Library Surveys
Varnet, Harvey – 1978
The learning resources programs analyzed in this report include the library, audiovisual, television, and production services of 15 Massachusetts community colleges. The study is based on a questionnaire/checklist developed from the 1972 Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) guidelines for 2-year college learning resources programs…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Instruction, Community Colleges, Educational Resources, Educational Television
Petrie, Joyce; And Others – 1979
Phase I of this project focused on the media-related needs of handicapped students being mainstreamed into regular K-12 school programs. The emphasis was on how the school library media specialist can use, adapt, or supplement the components of the media center to meet those needs. These components encompass a media program of services and…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Media, Educational Resources, Elementary Secondary Education
McCartney, David V. – 1981
An analysis of the content, style, and format of learning resource center (LRC) handbooks was undertaken to determine how well 120 community college LRC handbooks met the 1972 Guidelines for Library Handbooks established by the Federal Library Task Force on Public Relations. The two questions specifically addressed were whether community college…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Content Analysis
Petrie, Joyce; And Others – 1980
This manual is a product of the Media and Mainstreaming Project and a fuller version of the manual included in the interim report "Educational Media for Handicapped Students in Regular K-12 Schools"). It focuses on the media-related needs of handicapped students being mainstreamed into regular K-12 school programs. The emphasis is on how…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Media, Educational Resources, Elementary Secondary Education
Ohio Educational Library/Media Association, Columbus. – 1989
These guidelines are designed to enable library media specialists, or other educators working with school library media programs, to evaluate their programs within a framework of three sets of standards or guidelines: the Ohio Minimum Standards, the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary School standards, and "Information Power," the…
Descriptors: Administration, Elementary Secondary Education, Facility Guidelines, Leadership